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"Clearly the designation is not only wrong but is dangerously misleading in that it could result in a pilot, unfamiliar with the area, in an emergency situ
by kylec 14y ago
"Clearly the designation is not only wrong but is dangerously misleading in that
it could result in a pilot, unfamiliar with the area, in an emergency situation
and without other available information, attempting a landing."
Maybe you shouldn't have named it "airfield", then?
- edoloughlin 14y ago> Maybe you shouldn't have named it "airfield", then? It's been there since the 1820s.
- derleth 14y agoI remember a story my mom tells about her, a Montanan until her adulthood, going to Chicago with her new husband (born and raised in Skokie) and asking him what kind of planes land in Wrigley Field. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field See, in Montana 'field' is always (or nearly always) short for 'airfield'; there's no way to tell how language will change over time and place.
- mikeash 14y agoI think you meant to say, maybe the aviation industry shouldn't have chosen a name that matched that of a farm.